Window-cleaner.



PATENTBD Nov. 5, 19o7.`

P. s. & L. THOMAS. WINDOW CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED JAN 15 1907 A TTORNE V5 NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN S. THOMAS AND LEOPOLD THOMAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-CLE ANER.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907'.

Application tiled January l5. 1907. Serial No 352.449.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we. FRANKLIN S. THOMAS and Lno- Penn Trroiras. citizens of the United States, residing at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Window- (lcaner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to window cleaners and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as herein-alter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap device for cleaning, polishing and wiping the outer side of windows, said device being so constructed that it may be manipulated by an operator from the inner side of the window.

ln the accompanying drawingz'lrigure 1 is a side elevation ol' the cleaner provided with a brush, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of the cleaner provided with a polisher.

The washer comprises the staff l upon the upper end of which is seated the ferrule 2. The said ferrule is provided at its upper end with the upwardly and outwardly extending branches 3 and 4. The branch 3 is provided at its end with the laterally disposed bifurcated lugs 5, The strip of metal G is held in place against the under side of the said lugs 5 by means of the clarnping'bolts Tiivhich pass through the bifurcations of the lugs 5, the strip G and the strip of rubber or flexible material S. The nuts 9 are screwed upon the lower ends of the bolts '7 and clamp the parts together'. The rear edge of the strip of metal 6 is curled as at 10 and bears against the rear portion of the strip of rubber 8 and forms a securing means extending longitudinally of the said strip S. One edge of the strip 8 is located beyond the edge oi the strip ot metal 6 and the last said edge is adapted to be used for wiping the outer side of the window. The parts are so arranged that the transverse axis of the strip ot rubber S is located at a right angle or an angle less than a right angle t0 the longitudinal axis of the staff l in order that the said strip 8 may be properly disposed against the exterior of the window as l the staft` 1 is manipulated by the arm of the operator which passes through the windows and under the glass being cleaned. Such disposition oi the strip 8 with relation to the statt 1 is of importance as the said strip Will not thoroughly and efficiently Wipe the window in case it is disposed at an angle greater than a right angle to the said stati. The branch 4 is provided with a pivoted portion 11 which may be `fixed at a desired angle with relation to the body portion oi the said branch 4 by means of a bolt and wing nut 12. The said portion 11 is provided with an upstanding end 13. The back of the polisher 14 or brush 14 (one may be substituted for the other) is provided with a loop 15 which is adapted to slip over the upstanding end 13 of the portion 11 and form an attaching means for the brush or polisher to the portion 11 of the branch 4.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that a brush may be applied to the portion 1l oi the branch 4 and that with such brush the exterior oi the window may' be Washed. The staff 1 may then be turned and the exterior of the window wiped by passing the strip 8 vertically along the same. The brush is then removed from the portieri l1 oi the branch 4 and a polisher is substituted in the place thereof and the portion 11 is pitched at a proper angle with relation to the body portion of the branch 4 so that the said polisher may bear squarely and evenly against the exterior of the Window when the said surfaces of the Window may be readily polished as above intimated.

Having described our invention What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is A cleaner adapted to be manipulated from the inner side of a window for cleaning the outer' side thereof, comprising a statt'. a ferr-rile mounted thereon and having an upwardly and outwardly extending branch provided with laterally disposed bifurcated lugs, a metallic plate located under said lugs, a exible strip located under said plate, said plate having its rear edge curled and bearing, against the rear portion ot' said strip and clamping Abolts passing through the bifurcations of the lugs and said plate and strip.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto atxed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN S. THOMAS.

LEOPOLD THOMAS.

Witnesses Trios. J. OSULLIVAN, A. M. POULSON. 

